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..........              ~~$  LIFE  $~~              ..........
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.........~ ~ ~ $ A  MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS $  ~ ~ ~.........
........~~ ~   $   DOES    NOT   HELP.   WE   $   ~ ~~........
.......~~* $     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     $ *~~.......
......~~** ~   $    WHAT   WE    ARE,   AND   $   ~ **~~......
.....~~**$ ~  ~  $  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  $  ~  ~ $**~~.....
....~~**$§ ~   $   ARE",   BUT    THEN   WE   $   ~ §$**~~....
...~~**$§@ $    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    $ @§$**~~...
..~~**$§@# ~  $  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  $  ~ #@§$**~~..
.~~**$§@## ~ ~  $  ENTAILS, HOW  IT  SHOULD $  ~  ~ ##@§$**~~.
..~~**$§@# ~   $   BE  MEASURED,   WHO   OR   $   ~ #@§$**~~..
...~~**$§@ $     WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,    $ @§$**~~...
....~~**$§ ~  $  AND   SO   INSTEAD   THERE   $   ~ §$**~~....
.....~~**$ ~   ~   $   IS   THIS    INTERNATIONALLY $**~~.....
......~~** SANCTIONED      LIST     $      ~      ~ **~~......
.......~~* ~ ~  ~  ~  $  OF  CRITERIA  $  ~ ~  ~  ~ *~~.......
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.........~ - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ~.........
.......... - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ..........
.......... - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ..........
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